H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry

 

Dr. M. Kamran Azim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Publications

 

Impact Factor; 35.02; according to Institute of Scientific Information Journal citation reports 2004.

Year 2005

 Research Articles in Scientific Journals .

  •  Platelet aggregation inhibitory and analgesic activities of honey. M. Ahmed, S. Simjee, S. A. Saeed, M.Kamran Azim. In preparation .
  • Docking of chalcone compounds in the active site gorge of Acetylcholinesterase. Sarfraz Ahmed, M. Kamran Azim and M. Iqbal Choudhary . In preparation .
  • Virtual screening of Tryptophan-homologues in the Trp-tRNA synthetase active site. M. Kamran Azim , M. Shoaib and N. Budisa. In preparation .
  • Structural basis of cholinesterase inhibition by naturally occurring coumarins . Asaad Khalid, M. Kamran Azim, Azizuddin, Atta-ur-Rahman, and M. Iqbal Choudhary . In preparation .
  • Scavenging effect of honey on ROI by leukocytes during phagocytosis . M. Ahmed Mesaik, Asif Iqbal, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Atta-ur-Rahman and M. Kamran Azim . Submitted .
  • Analysis of protomer interfaces in the bacterial HslV protease complex. M. Kamran Azim and Sajid Noor. Submitted .
  • Molecular Recognition in Acetylcholinesterase-Inhibitor Complex . Asaad Khalid, M. Kamran Azim, Shehnaz Parveen, Atta-ur-Rahman and M. Iqbal Choudhary Protein Structure-Function Relationship . Proceedings of the 8 th Inter. Symposium on Protein Structure Function Relationship , 2005. In press.
  • Bioinformatics at the interface of 21 st Century Chemistry and Biology. M. Kamran Azim.J. Chem Soc. Pak. 2005, In press. Impact facor; 0.17
  • uliflorine: A potent natural peripheral anionic-site-binding inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase with calcium channel blocking potential. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Sarfaraz Ahmed Nawaz, Zaheer-ul-Haq, M. Kamran Azim, M. Nabeel Ghayur, M. Arif Lodhi, Saima Jalil, Asaad Khalid, Amir Ahmed, Bernd M. Rode, Atta-ur-Rahman, Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani and Viqaruddin Ahmed.Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. , 2005, 332, 1171-1179. Impact factor; 2.83
  • Stuctural basis of Acetylcholinesterase inhibition by triterpenoidal alkaloids. Asaad Khalid, M. Kamran Azim, Shehnaz Parveen, Atta-ur-Rahman, and M. Iqbal Choudhary . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. ,2005, 331, 1528-1532. Impact factor; 2.83
  • Characterization of the HslU chaperone affinity for HslV protease. M. Kamran Azim , Walter Goehring, Hyun Kyu Song, Ravishankar Ramachandran, Matthias Bochtler, Peter Goettig. Protein Science . 2005, 14, 1357-1362. Impact factor; 3.78
  • Structural and spectral response of Aequorea Victoria Green Fluorescent Proteins to Chromophore fluorination. Prajan P. Pal, Jae H. Bae, M. Kamran Azim, Petra Hess, Rainer Friedrich, Robert Huber, Luis Moroder and Nediljko Budisa. Biochemistry , 2005, 44, 3663-3672.Impact Factor; 3.92

 Year 2004

  •  Architecture and assembly of the bacterial HslVU protease complex. M. Kamran Azim , Hyun Kyu Song, Claudia Hartmann, Ravishankar Ramachandran, Mathias Bochtler, and R. Huber. Protein Structure-Function Relationship . Proceedings of the 7 th Inter. Symposium on Protein Structure Function Relationship , 2004 p. 241-252.

 Year 2003

  • Expansion of the Genetic Code Enables Design of a Novel ‘Gold’ Class of Green Flourescent Proteins. Jae Hyun Bae, Marina Rubini, Gregor Jung, Georg Wiegand, Markus H. J. Seifert, M. Kamran Azim, Jeong-Sun Kim, Andreas Zumbusch, Tad A. Holak, Luis Moroder, Robert Huber and Nediljko Budisa.J. Mol. Biol., 2003, 328, 1071-1081. Impact factor; 5.23
  • Isolation and characterization of the prokaryotic proteasome homolog HslVU (ClpQY) from Thermotoga maritima and the crystal structure of HslV. Hyun Kyu Song, Ravishankar Ramachandran, M. Kamran Azim, Claudia Hartmann, Matthias Bochtler and Robert Huber . Biophys. Chem., 2003, 100(1-3), 437-452. Impact factor; 1.72

Year 2002

  • Dis-assembling factories in the cell: licensed to kill. M. Kamran Azim.Humboldt Kosmos, 2002, 79, 33-34.
  • Exchange in the Chromophore of a Green Fluorescent Protein Variant. Markus H. J. Seifert, Dorota Ksiazek, M. Kamran Azim, Pawel Smialowski, Nediljko Budisa and Tad A. Holak. Slow J. Am Chem. Soc., 2002, 124(27), 7932-42.Impact factor; 6.51

Year 2001

  • Homology modeling of Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans CED3 Protein-inhibitor Complex. M. Kamran Azim , J. Gunter Grossmann and Zafar H. Zaidi. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2001, 281(1), 115-121. Impact factor; 2.83
  • Characterisation and Partial Purification of an Acid Endopeptidase from Human Erythrocytes. M. Kamran Azim and Zafar H. Zaidi. J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 2001, 23(1), 45-49. Impact factor=0.17

Year 1999

  • Molecular Modeling of Human Procathepsin E: Analysis of Salt-Bridge Interactions between Propeptide and Enzyme Segment. M. Kamran Azim and Zafar H. Zaidi . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 1999, 264, 825-832.
  • Predicted Three Dimensional Structural Models of Venom Serine Protease Inhibitors and their Interactions with Trypsin and Chymotrypsin. M. Kamran Azim , J. Gunter Grossmann and Zafar H. Zaidi. J. Nat. Toxins, 1999, 8(3), 363-384. Impact factor; 0.48 

Year 1998 

  • Comparative Modeling of Cathepsin B Structures and Active Sites from Human, Chicken and Hookworm. M. Kamran Azim , J. Gunter Grossmann and Zafar H. Zaidi. Res. Commun. Biochem. and Cell & Mol. Biol., 1998, 2, 113-128.

 Year 1994

  • Muhammad Kamran Azim , Naheed Akhtar and M.A. Haleem. Computer-Aided Conformational Analysis of a Psychoactive Agent: Amoxapine. Proc. ISBBP Biochem. Biophys., 1994, 1, 40-43.